Elise Word,
25, of Birmingham, and Denerra Patterson, 25, of Docena, were killed when the
car Word was driving flipped and hit a guard rail on U.S. Highway 78/Stone
Mountain Highway around 5 a.m. Sunday, according to the Journal-Constitution.

The vehicle
flipped several times and hit an SUV, but the driver of the other vehicle was
not injured, according to the newspaper.